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NRO Case: PM, Law Minister Discuss Legal Matter

PM Raja Pervez Ashraf duscussed legal matters related government's stance on NRO care in detail. In this regard a special meeting was arranged at PM House where the prime Minister and Law Minister Farooq H Naek discussed legal matters and expressed their satisfaction over positive solution to the challenging issues the government has been facing for so many days.   During the meeting, it was reiterated that the government did not seek a confrontation with the judiciary and that the decision over the premier’s appearance before the Supreme Court on Aug 27 would be taken in the light of “national interests”.   A final decision on strategy on the matter is expected to be taken during a meeting of coalition parties at the President’s House tomorrow.   Sources also told Online that PM said PPP would fight for its rights by staying within the constitution parameters and no one can snatch away their rights to do so.   The Supreme Court had last month issued a contempt notice to Prime Minister Ashraf for not implementing its order of writing a letter to the Swiss authorities to reopen a money-laundering case against President Asif Ali Zardari. The prime minister has been asked to appear before a five-judge bench headed by Justice Asif Khosa on Aug 27 to respond to the notice.